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Psychosocial stress and central adiposity: A Brazilian study with a representative sample of the public health system users

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2018

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Flávia Vitorino Freitas, Wagner Miranda Barbosa, Laíz Aparecida Azevedo Silva, Marianna Junger de Oliveira Garozi, Júlia de Assis Pinheiro, Aline Ribeiro Borçoi, Catarine Lima Conti, Juliana Krüger Arpini, Heberth de Paula, Mayara Mota de Oliveira,
PLoS ONE

Abstract

Central adiposity was inversely associated with cortisol in the rural population and directly associated with higher arterial blood pressure in the urban population, suggesting a local influence on how individuals react to stress.

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